A takedown of the white christian nationalism that has infiltrated some corners of American christianity; a brand new ebook from the “Pastors Wives Inform All” podcasters; and extra new faith books publishing in April.
Fiction
April 9
The Floor of Water by Cynthia Seashore (IVP Formatio, $20 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-5140-0753-2). To assist meet the calls for of his flock, megachurch pastor Matthew Goodman hires a 25-year-old administrative assistant, who seems to have hidden motives for taking the job.
The Songbird of Hope Hill by Kim Vogel Sawyer (Waterbrook, $18 commerce paper, ISBN 978-0-593-60081-8) sees a younger and penniless girl escaping a Nineteenth-century Texas brothel with a sympathetic preacher and his son, who may develop into a love curiosity if she will surmount insecurities that her previous has rendered her impure in God’s eyes.
Nonfiction
April 2
An Introduction to the Making and That means of the Bible by Michael B. Shepherd (Eerdmans, $26.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-0-8028-8393-3) chronicles the formation of the biblical canon and proposes a mode of scriptural interpretation centered on Jesus’s promise of salvation.
The God of Wild Locations: Rediscovering the Divine within the Untamed Outside by Tony Jones (Rowman & Littlefield, $24, ISBN 978-1-5381-8444-8) particulars how spending time outdoors helped the writer join with God after a private disaster, and displays on the transcendence and chaos present in nature.
Love Is Larger Than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Therapeutic, and Hope by A. Stephen Pieters (Rowman & Littlefield, $29, ISBN 978-1-5381-8657-2) recounts the tumultuous lifetime of an activist pastor who survived a infamous HIV antiviral trial and have become a pioneering spokesman for these with the illness.
The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Religion, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis (St. Martin’s Necessities, $30, ISBN 978-1-250-29189-9) denounces white supremacist beliefs that Wallis claims have infiltrated American Christianity and requires a return to core biblical tenets.
April 3
How Ought to We Then Die? A Christian Response to Doctor-Assisted Dying by Ewan C. Goligher (Lexham, $18.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-68359-747-6) makes a case, rooted in scriptural rules, in opposition to euthanasia.
April 9
Braveness and Confidence: A Daring Information to Unboxing Who You Had been Created to Be by Nicole O. Salmon (NavPress, $16.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-64158-833-1) units forth steerage on how Christians can cease second-guessing their actions, dismantle dangerous thought patterns, and embrace their true selves.
The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial Historical past of Secularization by Mohamed Amer Meziane, trans. by Jonathan Adjemian (Verso, $29.95 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-80429-177-1), dissects how the intertwined forces of empire, local weather, and secularization have formed the fashionable world.
April 23
Does Christianity Nonetheless Make Sense? A Former Skeptic Responds to Right this moment’s Hardest Objections to Christianity by Bobby Conway (Tyndale Elevate, $17.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-4964-7643-2) tackles 20 faith-based questions, together with why there may be evil on the earth and whether or not there may be proof to assist God’s existence.
Making a Tradition of Restore: Taking Motion on the Street to Reparations by Robert Turner (Westminster John Knox, $20 commerce paper, ISBN 978-0-664-26807-7) lists greater than 100 methods to alleviate racial injustice in believers’ communities, church buildings, and private lives.
April 30
Pastors’ Wives Inform All: Navigating Actual Church Life with Honesty and Humor by Stephanie Gilbert, Jessica Taylor, and Jenna Allen (Baker, Apr. 30, $18.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-1-5409-0374-7). The hosts of the eponymous podcast dish on parenting, relationships, setting boundaries, and why God embraces believers’ imperfections.
Colonial Hinduism: An Introduction by Amiya P. Sen (Mandala, Apr. 30, $39.99, ISBN 979-88-87620-75-6) tracks the far-reaching penalties of British rule in India, together with the rise of a Hindu nationalism that ultimately fell sufferer to its personal excesses.
Energy Strikes: Ignite Your Confidence and Change into a Pressure by Sarah Jakes Roberts (Thomas Nelson, Apr. 30, $29.99, ISBN 978-0-7852-9190-9) particulars how believers can faucet into their genuine selves to attach with God and lead empowered lives.
The Faith of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Religion by Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II (Oxford Univ., Apr. 30, $24.99, ISBN 978-0-19-774628-8) argues that Christian nationalism and its perpetuation of racial inequality has assumed a non secular significance for a majority of American believers.
Create a Life You Love: Methods to Quiet Exterior Voices So You Can Lastly Hear Your Personal by Stephanie Might Wilson (Zondervan, Apr. 30, $19.99 commerce paper, ISBN 978-0-310-36755-0) goals to assist believers forged off societal pressures with the intention to pinpoint and pursue their objectives.
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